Stop & Shop Donates $133,000 to Connecticut State Colleges and Universities for On-Campus School Food Pantries
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Thursday, October 26, 2023
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Oct. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stop & Shop today announced a $133,000 donation to the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system to aid in the creation and expansion of on-campus school food pantries.
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- NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Oct. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stop & Shop today announced a $133,000 donation to the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system to aid in the creation and expansion of on-campus school food pantries.
- The pantries are part of The Stop & Shop School Food Pantry Program, a larger initiative that supports nearly 200 in-school pantries from Pre-K through college across five states to help ensure that no student goes to school hungry.
- “The Stop & Shop School Food Pantry Program is proud to donate $133,000 to support CSCU’s campus food pantries, because every student should have access to nutritious food and a fair chance to thrive inside and outside the classroom.”
Stop & Shop’s donation will benefit Connecticut State Colleges and Universities’ students in need by offering them food and other essentials through on-campus school food pantries. - From 2019 to 2023, Central Connecticut State University recorded a 130% increase of food insecure students using their campus pantry.